Quote of the Con
I have a lot to say, but I’m looking at my Medical Hospital playtest notes, so first a shout out to Marc Majcher:
“I’m glad you’ve come here to dilute the pool of bastards”
–Dr. Elena Markova, Indianapolis General Hospital
Fair Play
Gen Con: Go Here Now
Key booths to check out, because I wish I was there already:
1430 I (heart) Libraries. The ALA’s pro-gaming booth. STRONG WORK ALA.
217 Z-Man Games. Whither Pandemic?
408 Blue Panther. Piece Pack.
321 Fantasy Flight. New Wings of War expansions.
1235 Hamster Press. Chris Engle, enough said.
1611 Archaia/BWHQ. Hopefully Mayuran will be secretly taping celebrities again.
1939 Forge/IPR, where I will be quite a lot, demoing TABAW hopefully. Weird new games as well.
1940 Design Matters. Will they bring a couch? Geiger Counter. NC Peeps demand 3:16.
2039 Ashcan Front/Play Collective. I have a long list of requests from my peeps. Under My Skin.
2335 Pelgrane Press. Trail of Cthulhu.
I’m Already Packed for Gen Con
…which is a little embarrassing, I guess. But I’m really looking forward to it. BPG is a primary sponsor of the Forge booth, the Roach Returns reprint is in and looks great, we’re going to the DJA awards ceremony, I’ve got a shopping list from my peeps and a pretty solid version of Medical Hospital to test. I even printed some 46-page booklets. If you will be at Gen Con and want to blindtest Medical Hospital with your friends back home, come find me and I’ll give you one. If you aren’t at Gen Con and want to blindtest, I’ll send you the .pdf.
Twilight of the Dead
The Durham 3 stepped up as extras in this zombie movie! Remi also produced and edited it. It is very silly.
The Hot Lamp
Here’s The Hot Lamp, a little roleplaying exercise designed to teach players not to talk to the police. I’m not sure where to fall on the line between mechanical support of premise and trusting the emergence of the behaviors I expect. I need to try it out and see, obviously.